The Asheville citizen. [volume] (Asheville, N.C.) 1885-1889, 1887-03-24
Another raw disagreeable day

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yesterday.
Representative Lon Wells was in
the city yesterday.
The warm sunshine of yesterday
caused a number of our handsomest
Iadies.residents and strangers, to ap-
pear upon our streets.
The government has purchased
the guard house lot in Charleston
for $40, ,OOO,on which will be erected
a new postoffics building.
The Jail birds that escaped the
other night are still on the wing
Justice may be satisfied if they have
left the State never to return.
Mr.. w. B. Tweed of Big Pine,
Madison county, sold Home Tobacco Q
at the Buncombe Warehouse yes
terday at very reudunerative prices
rhejudgment in the case in which
Deayer and Patterson are involved
in connection with the Goodlake
case will be announced this morns
ing.
The scaffoldings still obscure tn e
beauties Of the fronts of the Rey-
nolds and Redwood building. The
CITIZEN office will not shine in all
its glory until they are removed.
The Quo Warranto case, or as
stated on the docket, State on tine
relation of D. H. Cole VS.. J. R.--Pat'
terson, is set for trial on Monday
next. This involves the title to the
Office of Register of Deeds.
Mr.. J. C. S. Timberlake, of the
Waynesville White Sulphur Springs
was at the Swannanoa last night.
He is still suffering greatly Fl ON the
injuries received from the accident
on the Spartanburg road last fall.
The Rev. Thomas Dixon is billed
to recite Poe's Raven and Annabel
Lee, before the Young Mems Chris
tian Association in Charleston, S.
c., on tomorrow evening. Mr.. Dix
on is unquestjonably an elocutionist
of high order,
The mail due here Tuesday even
ing from Salisbury did not reach
here until afternoon yesterday, hav>
ing been obstructed beyond Old
Fort by the wreck of a freight train.
The mail from Knoxville was also
long behind yesterday.
Farmers express various opinions
about the fate of the peach crop.
We are inclined to the belief that it
will be very short one, the cold of
last week being so continuous, and
the mercury as low as "a for three
successive mornings.
Our Chief of Police has been
boasting of the absolute quiet of the
city for some time, and the enforced
idleness Of the police force. Yester
day afternoon the peaceful spell was
slightly broken, and a curious
crowd had the pleasure of following
one unfortunate to the calaboose.
But it was only a littlecase of drunk,
not down.
TIE coal dealers like others have
fell into the old error of believing
that one swallow ma lie a summer.
The mild February weather dis
armed suspicion and little pre-.
vision were made for possible re-
verses. These came, and brought
much inconvenience. Never forget
the old maxim "in time of peace
prepare for war" Never a better
time to lay in q coal supply than
when the weather is mild.
Mr.. J. H. Isbel has returned from
Webster, this time, we are glad to
say, to become permanent resi-
dent of Asheville. He showed US
some very fine specimens of ruby
corundum, found in Jackson coun-
ty. He informs US that work on
the new court house at Webster will
be soon begun under the supervis-
ion of the contractors, Messrs. Elliot
& Elliot. The plans prepared by
Mr.. Isbel were adopted by the
County Commissioners.